Cryptotis monteverdensis
Woodman & Timm, 2016
Monteverde Small-eared Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Soricinae |
| Tribe | : Blarinini |
| Genus | : Cryptotis |
Species status
Authority citation
Woodman, N. and Timm, R.M. 2016-08-27. A new species of small-eared shrew in the _Cryptotis thomasi_ species group from Costa Rica (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Mammal Research 62(1):89-101.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-016-0289-6Original name as described
Cryptotis monteverdensis
Type material
KU:M:134852
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Costa Rica, Puntarenas Province, Monteverde, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, in ‘cloud forest at [the continental] divide' (ca. 10° 18' N, 84° 47' W); the highest elevations in the 1973 reserve, including the continental divide, are at ca. 1550 m."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Costa Rica
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Woodman, N., & Timm, R. M. (2017). A new species of small-eared shrew in the Cryptotis thomasi species group from Costa Rica (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Mammal research, 62(1), 89-101.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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